Out of the past 7/25/13

1988

For the first time since mid-June, river watchers are breathing easier; thanks to last week's widespread rainfall, water levels on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis and on the Ohio River south of Lock and Dam 51 at Olmsted, Ill., have risen considerably, easing traffic jams on the rivers.

Port Cape Girardeau, a downtown restaurant, will be under new ownership next month; David B. Knight, president of David B. Knight & Associates, is selling the business to Dennis "Doc" and Karen Pobst Cain.

1963

The County Court authorizes Howard Probst, county Civil Defense director, to rent a building in Jackson; the building, owned by J.B. Brotherton, is on U.S. 61; it will house the fire engine and other equipment of the Civil Defense unit and is large enough to provide office space as well as room for classes.

Using a boat and "skimmers," George Wills and Maple Craft, city park employees, remove the last of the water growth from the lagoon at Capaha Park; previously, a lot of water plant growth had been taken out, and the last to go were the algae formations.

1938

Grace Methodist Church is within $1,000 of its $15,000 goal for funds for its new educational building; the annex will be built on the south side of the church, where the church cottage stands.

Members of the airport committee of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce -- Fred A. Groves, Barrett Cotner and Don Foster -- meet with Jean H. Du Buque, district airport adviser for the U.S. Department of Commerce, to discuss the possibility of establishing an airport here.

1913

Mother Placide is back; Mother Placide, who had been the superior of St. Vincent's Academy for about 25 years, was transferred to Louisville, Ky., three years ago; it was thought she was gone for good, but not long ago word was received that she will again resume her duties here; she arrived last night on the early train from St. Louis to a big, welcoming crowd of her former students.

The First Baptist Church entertains its new members in the evening on the beautiful lawn at the home of Professor Robert Douglass on North Pacific Street.

-- Sharon K. Sanders